Guest Navek Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 a while back i had a pullet catch us unawares and go broody early ,anyway i let her incubate 13 eggs that were under her,1 hatched and was kicked out of the nest box the following morning dead ! she sat the rest of the eggs ok and hatched 6 health chicks and 2 died trying to chip out ,they are just under 6 weeks old now and yesterday i though i saw the broody have a bit of a go at one of the chicks but thought nothing of it! this morning 3 of the 6 were dead in the coop i took them out and stood back a while and i thought i saw her have a go at one of the 3 remaining so i took HER off them , i put her in a box while i got somewhere sorted to put her and when i opened the box shed laid an egg ,could it be she was aggressive to start (1 dead chick early on ) ? just because she was inexperienced ?,because she had come back into lay due to hormones ?OR just because she was a bad broody ? NEXT question , do hand reared birds make less good broodies than naturally brooded birds ?(she was hand reared) as always the dead ones were the ones i was most interested in rearing !!!!!!!!!!! had it happen to me . Only cure for a hen that kills young...... Axe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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